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As Tim Russert used to intone on “Meet The Press,” our issues this Sunday: How far to drop Alabama? How high to elevate Virginia Tech? Pollsters had to decide how much to penalize the previously undefeated Crimson Tide after its home loss to LSU and how much to reward the idle Hokies after two teams ranked just above them, South Carolina and Nebraska, stumbled. My fellow Associated Press voters and I concurred. We eased Alabama to No. 4 and jumped Tech above the Gamecocks and Cornhuskers. That moved the Hokies to No. 10 in the AP poll, No. 12 on my ballot (had them 14th last week). The difference is, I have unbeaten Houston and twice-beaten Michigan State ahead of Virginia...

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